"today in the bay." from northbound bay area -- nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." and a very good monday morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we'll start with rain or lightning in the forecast today. we're giving you a live look at san jose. meteorologist rob maetta joins uses with a closer look at the very unusual water, good morning. >> extremely unusual when you consider this is one of the driest times of the year, normally. not the case this morning around the sierra, rain there, and at times few showers very early this morning around the central valley out by tracy. those have weakened, but as we go through the day, we're going to continue top see the moisture spilling off the sierra after the morning clouds and coastal drizzle break up. variable clouds heading into the afternoon, and late today into early tomorrow, that's going to be the best bet for seeing some of that monsoon moisture coming in which could trigger some thundershowers which is a mixed blessing of sorts for the

sierra. yes, it could bring some rain, but also bring more lightning strikes. as we look at the satellite, weather satellite tuned to the wild fires. this is yesterday, mostly clear skies, you can see the fires from separation rivaling some of the larger thunderstorm complexes, those are the major wild fires in northern california. somebody in fact the -- the weather possibly bringing more lightning strikes. bringing some rain for parts of the sierra too. we'll watch the changes in your forecast coming up in a few minutes, back to you. >> you bring those in off northern california crews are heading to try to help fight those firefighters. "today in the bay's" derek shore live in san jose this morning. he's where a group of firefighters just left last night, good morning, derek. >> reporter: good morning, that's right. santa clara firefighters did leave over the weekend, it's unclear which of the dozen or so fires that are burning here in the state they'll be responding to. that strike team left yesterday,

and will be staging until they get their assignment. they will be headed to one of the 14 fires burning in northern california and central california which are tapping out cal fire resources. the eiler fire is burning right now in shah sta -- shasta counties. destroyed at least eight homes, includes a small long-term hospital in bernie. more evacuations are possible. firefighters in alameda already joined the fight. they say news that governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency because of the fires is actually good news. >> well the state of emergency is a good thing. it helps us to get financial obligations from the federal government. it's opening the doors to hopefully help other finances come in. in addition to that, it also helps with getting the military to provide personnel and apparatus and equipment. >> reporter: firefighters say they'll be back filling those positions locally so there will

be no flux fire service or any local fire or medical calls. it's still unclear exactly who will be paying for this because of the declaration, state or federal fund or both could be paying for those strike teams to head out to these dozen or so fires across the state. live in san jose, derek shore, "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you very much, derek. meanwhile a brush fire starting in eureka. it burned between three and four acres. the kasz is under investigation -- cause is under investigation. breaking news in san francisco. hazmat crews on the scene of a beached boat near the cliff house. the boat still there. we don't know if there were people on that woet or how long it was beached. but we have a crew headed to the scene and we'll get an update as soon as they arrive. lawyers will be at closing argumenting in the case of a bay area teacher accused of

molesting 14 students. joseph martin, long time teacher at woodside elementary school in concord is charged with a 150 counts of abuse. he pleaded not guilty. according to the merck are you news, martin testified he patted students on the bat, shoulder, and collar point and give -- bone and gave them hugs. several students say martin inappropriately touched him. the teacher is a victim of mass hiser it ya. police are on the lookout of a man who exposed himself. he was walking through that playground at seal park on friday afternoon when he exposed himself top, two women saw him, called police. the man did not confront the women or any children on the play ground. we have a sketch, police say he's about 45 years old, six feet tall, 170 pounds with a thin build. any information, anyone with information asked to call police. police ordered an elderly san jose man to retake his

driving test after he drove on to a sidewalk in downtown palo alto and injured five people. the man is in his 90s. he was trying to parallel park outside university cafe when he accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the break. he hit five people on the sidewalk, critically injuring one of them. police say the man must take an emergency re-examination at the dmv by the this week over his license will be suspended. the city of palo alto set to impose new water restrictions at the city council meeting tonight. under the restrictions, using hoess without shut off valves would be prohibited. letting your sprinkler water run off into gutters, wash sidewalks, address. anyone caught violating those restrictions could be fined $500 a day. the move comes, of course, after the state adopted the emergency drought regulations last month ordering local governments to cut back on water use. some of the toughest water restrictions in the state are just down the coast in santa cruz since may, families in

santa cruz have been given a monthly water ration. ten units, that's about 7500 gallons for everything that includes lawn care at $3 a unit. if you go over what you're allotted, the price jumps to $50 a unit. according to the mercury news, 92% of the people did not exceed that limit in the first month. the city's already cut its water use by 26%, using about half as many per capita per day than the state average. all right, could get rain today. i don't know if much would make a difference. meteorologist rob maetta is in for christina this morning. >> everybody's going to see the muggy conditions at time. temperatures going to be cooler, with the extra mumdty, not feel drk humid -- humidity, not feeling that comfortable. the type was clouds that could bring us rain. from the east there's an area of

low pressure as it moved up out of southern california. at times brings brief showers around the pass, but right now most of the action is off to the east. this pattern includes an area of low pressure which causes a number of problems in southern california yesterday. est that going to drift during the day today and the moisture will go counterclock wise around the low spilling towards the bay area and increasing the chances of seeing showers or brief thundershowers. especially later tonight into early tomorrow for the next 36 hours, going to be interesting which is typically one of the driest times of the year. you're going to throw that out for now. clouds coming in and best chance of showers around the north bay hilltops and tuesday, too, you'll see the chances of showers there, starting to shut down and heading off to the east as the winds begin to push that monsoon moisture away from us by wednesday. but in the men time -- meantime, increasing clouds. close to 80 in san jose. slight chance of thunder around gilroy, morgan hill. cool and breezy at times, north

bay, and out towards the east bay hills, scattered showers, highs in the 70s and 80s. once ge get past today and tomorrow, we'll lose the humid, increase the heat an temperatures soaring back in the low 90s as we pass wednesday and approach next weekend. now for a check of the morning commute, here's mike. we have stuff to look forward to weather wise, over here, you've been talking about the fires that broke out. westbound 80 at the university avenue off-ramp, we had a small fire reported. you see the flashing lights and no lanes over the east shore freeway are blocked. i'm told one of the off-ramps, looks like one of the off-ramps is closed at university avenue. be careful, use caution, it's a fluid situation. they're changing things as we speak. this is the area coming past university for the east shore freeway out of richmond and heading down to berkeley for the bay bridge. no real slowing despite the flashing lights over there on that site. we had a break down, car broke down at the 460 interchange.

smooth drive for the bay bridge moving in towards san francisco. the issues getting into san francisco via bart out ofday si city station. -- daly city station. 30 minute delays on the system, but i haven't heard about the equipment problems being cleared. that's an issue into san francisco. it doesn't sound like there's a problem heading down from there, but again, we're getting updates as things happen about 4:15 and major delays. rest of the traffic systems are moving smoothly and around the bay for vta. traffic also moving smoothly at an earlier crash towards 101 completely cleared from the roadway. build for the altamont and no surprises for livermore, back to you. >> thanks, mike. it's going to get more expensive to park in redwood city today. parking rates in the downtown area increased to a dollar per hour during business hours today. used to be 25 cents. affected area includes city hall, the theater, city approved

that rate hike in june to an effort to the free up more parking spots in the heart of the downtown area. new details about what's going to happen to the hold span of the bay bridge. live look at the new span this morning. well, anyway, the crews are going to begin dismantling at the oakland tribune reporting some of the old span about 600 tons are so are going to be given to local artist. somebody had take an little bit of the golden gate. >> really? anticipate little piece. my grandfather helped nailed by bridge, i'd like to have a little piece. >> give a piece to laura. 5:10 right now. video games may not be as bad for your kids as you might think. details next. plus california lawmakers are returning to work this morning with just one month to get some big laws passed. including new gun control measures. northbound bay area wants --

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you're watching "today in the bay." welcome back everyone, taking a live look outside. we are going to feel the humidity this morning. cooler temperatures, but it will be humid out there. rob has a look at the forecast. it is 5:13 right now, normally quiet south by neighborhood is on edge after a shooting and two armed robberies. both happened near downtown campbell. police say a man shot two people around midnight saturday outside the first bank at campbell and union avenues across the way from the plume yard. then minutes later, man matching the suspect description robbed someone at gunpoint just a few blocks away. both shooting victims were taken

to the hospital. police are not releasing conditions this morning. the person robbed in the second incident was not hurt. crime in the area is practically nonexistent. new morning, russian airline suspended operations citing recent sanctions by the european union. they stopped flying after a number of european contractors notified, maintenance and navigation contracts. the airline is the subsidiary of the country's biggest carrier. registers sex offender in houston was arrested after google tipped off authorities that the man had explicit pictures in his e-mail. google reported the man to the national center for missing and exploited children who called police. after searching the man's other devices, they found more pictures and suspicious text messages. he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a child in 1994.

walmart plans to keep the information you use when you shop on their website. company is making changes that'll let shoppers see more products they may like based on what they bought in the past. in addition it'll customize a site's home page based on where each shopper lives. walmart hopes the move will help it keep up with amazon. let's check in with courtney reagan, hopefully better this week, courtney. >> reporter: good morning, scott, futures are high they are morning. that's good news. partly though because porch gal is bailing -- portugal is bailing out the country's largest banks. the dow did close its worst weekly decline since january. s&p 500 is worse in more than two years. no economic data today. we'll get reports on the services sector, trade deficit, and productivity. it fell to 16,493. nasdaq losing 17 to 4252.

>> thank you much. i want to check in with meteorologist rob miatta. he is in for christina all week, he has a look at an interesting day ahead. >> looking at the radar, we have it cranked up for the morning. >> right. >> it's good news of course, tossing a cup of water in an empty swimming pool. anything is good. you can see august there in the box in the middle of the screen. typically we just get barely enough to wet the ground, if we get measurable rainfall. that could set some daily rainfall record and over the next couple of days, that is a possibility as monsoon moisture sweeped out of the sierra and brings us the chances of summer showers. right now low 60s outside. fairly mild start. we have the low clouds across san francisco with some mist for the morning. but the more interesting crowds lurking off to the east. those are going spill in during the day powering up scattered showers and thunder in the sierra. as that drops into the hilltops

later on this afternoon, that'll be the best bet of showers today. down around morgan hill and gilroy. but then as we head into tomorrow, we'll see more of the moisture spilling across the rest of the bay area. so there's monsoon moisture, part of a very interesting weather pattern that took shape late yesterday. heavy thunderstorms at times across southern california with an area of low pressure which moved out of southern california into the central sierra this morning and will continue on its path into northeastern california. that's going to pump more moisture back toward the bay area, give thus mugginess we're seeing outside this morning, drop our temperatures down with the clouds and bring us a chance of seeing some summer showers. and i think the best bet of seeing summer showers for the next, looks like day or so will be in the north bay hilltops and around the east bay. you see how the more intense rain should be off in the sierra and north of sonoma county and during the day tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers, especially in the north bay hilltops and enough moisture to kick off some thundershowers

at times. so rainfall accumulations if we can manage anything, again this is good news. the higher totals should be in the north bay hilltops. you can see that getting up close to maybe a fifth of inch of rain in the north bay hilltops. but the isolated downpours and the stronger cells, you could see locally higher totals like in southern california. but i do think that most of the action will be around the sierra and perhaps good news for the fire fighting efforts in northeastern california. this is going to bring lightning, but the storms have enough moisture to bring us much needed rain as we sweep through, through about tuesday. for today, highs near 80 degrees in san jose. we'll see a chance of showers in morgan hill, could include brief thunder. san francisco seeing highs in the 60s today and headed to the north bay, highs in the 70s. same trend into tuesday too with partly cloudy skies, fremont 78. pleasanton about 83. two days where the showers or a chance of a thundershower will be in the forecast. middle part of the week, things begin to dry out and the

temperatures climb back in the 90s around the tri-valley for the second half of the week. now a check of the monday morning commute, once again here's mike. also talking about hopefully a little help for the fire fighting rewleef further north. fire fighting moves nicely, and the problems, roadside our cameras saw a lot of activity there. but it looks like the off and onramps look both hope. it's very dark in the area. watch for traffic control as you see the freeways moving smoothly without interruption down towards the bay bridge toll plaza. live look at the toll plaza itself and see the volume of traffic out there. smooth drive right now and we have no problems voeing there. the oakland area will have a game as well as keeping in mind, the evening game. no problems off the 880 overcrossing, smooth flow of traffic, predictable for this monld. whack to the maps, we'll go toward the rest of the bay. looks like i forgot to follow my sources. we'll talk the speed sensors over here guys. smooth drive across 92 and the dumbarton bridge, easy flow of

traffic there as well as over there in the tri-valley. big delays are for the bart system reporting 30 minute delays out of daly city station heading towards the dublin or pittsbutsburg line. we'll track it, back to you. it's 5:20, california lawmakers return to the state capitol today with long to do list in a short time frame. lawmakers still have more than 1,000 bills pending, several of them deal with official corruption and campaign funding. after three state senators were caught up in criminal cases including bay area senator leland ye. lawmakers also have to decide on a handful of bills spawned by the shooting spree in may. one bill would allow family members to take away a person's ability to have guns if they're concerned a person could be dangerous. lawmakers are considering legalizing internet poker and scaling -- sealing back a water

bond to go on the ballot. the session ends on august 31st. sop they better get to work. new study find a small amount of video game play could benefit kids. university of oscar looked at 5,000 kids between ten and 15. playing video games from less than an hour of day. increased social behavior. but video games for more than three hours a day had the opposite affect. >> we can't really walk away from this saying video games are good or video games are bad. but simply that video games used as part of a rich life experience among children can promote your child development as well as the harmful in the wrong circumstances. >> now researchers say the study was small and more research is needed. some tough times in the 49ers camp. >> yeah, over the weekend, head coach jim harbaugh was forced to kick cornerback chris colaver

off the field. he is the latest to irk the coach. on friday, boldin was sent to the locker room with, after a fight with another player. >> the niners also made movings claiming a wide receiver damian washington off waivers. he's supposed to fill the hole left by michael crabtree and brandon lloyd. niners first preseason game is thursday in baltimore. 5:22, mets fans come up with some creative ways to get under hunter pence's skin. we'll show you, coming up next.

you're watching "today in the bay." live look at o.co coliseum where the a's are at home getting ready for a three game series with tampa bay rays. 2-4 loss to the royals yesterday.

tonight's game starts at 7:05. one of the gnawest member -- newest members of the a's gave a classy farewell. he said good-bye to the cities, fans, ownership. he pans the letter to red sox nation thanking them for the moistures and two world series championships. you know who we're talking about, john lester. >> the john lester. giants, live look at at&t park. they're not new york city wrapping up a four game sere with the mets this morning. early start, 9:10 our time, g-men have won two games in new york including a big 9-0 win yesterday. meanwhile, it'll be exciting to see what mets fans come up with this morning. they've been giving pence signs. hunter pence puts ketchup on his hot dog. >> so do i. >> hunter pence eats pizza with a fork. >> so do i.

insults when you're a new yorker, but not o young lady from northern california. >> i'm a californian. >> hunter pence likes the god father iii. this is an insult because the least popular. and finally showing up, hunter pence can't parallel park. >> i can do that. >> yes, you can. >> having lived in san francisco, you have to know. >> chicago, ketchup on a hot dog, that's bad. >> ketchup with relish, really? how do you like your dog, rob? >> i didn't see anything wrong with that. apparently i'm an exception. weather out this morning, low 60s, low clouds for now. misty skies in a few spots around the bay area. what'll be interesting will be the humidity. that'll power up chance of scattered shower or thunder possibly especially for the north bay and east bay hills today. that could carry over to tomorrow. 70s to low 80s inland, mike. over here towards the east shore freeway.

that's the camera shot i meant to show you. headlights are waiting here and getting on. that's the wait you have to get on to the freeway, off-ramp looks open. chp is threatening to give the all clear. easy flow, no flowing on the live shot towards the bay bridge toll plaza. smooth drive through the tri-valley and getting down to the south bay or throughout the south bay and the peninsula. live look at san jose. now we have ten to 20 minute delays reported. a little bit better, back to you. >> thanks so much. time now 5:27, lucky fans will get a chance to see the 49ers play on field at levi stadium for free. we will have details, next. plus the country accused of tapping the cell phone of secretary of state john kerry. what officials did with that information, coming up. [ heart beating ] [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting

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overnight even as israel pulls troops out of the region. we'll have the latest details, coming up next. low clouds and mist this morning. and a chance of some rare summer showers or thundershowers possibly in the forecast around the bay area coming up, a look at that in just a couple minutes. and we have more folks hitting the roads of course, but a big update on the big delay for the peninsula on the rails, coming up. let's take a live look outside from the south bay this morning, waiting for the sun's arrival. this first monday of august, it's the 4th, and this is "today in the bay". from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." well good morning, thank you for joining us, i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we could see rain or lightning in our forecast today. we give you a live look outside of palo alto right now. meteorologist joins with us a closer look at this unusual weather for august. >> yeah, it is very unusual. right now it's looking like a typical august morning at the low clouds across parts of the

bay area. satellite and radar impressive. you see this around the sierra, this is trying to drift from east to west back towards the bay area. at times earlier this morning, around the altamont pass, we had a few brief showers, but most of the active weather still off to the south and east and what's unusual. all the activity we saw yesterday in southern california which caused mud slides, number of problems north of slaengs, that same low is drifting towards lake tahoe towards the afternoon, and that'll enter deuce the chance of showers here over the next couple days which may include thundershowers which could make things more complicated around the firelines of the major fire lines. this is the satellite view, that's the fog. to the north, you're see the massive smoke column plumes showing up in space which caused a state of emergency in california. some of the same areas could be seeing some thundershowers later today, but possibly with some rain. there could be a mixed blessing.

we could see rain at times, but possibly a few more lightning sparked fires in the forecast for the sierra and parts of northern california, back to you. >> in fact bay area firefighters are headed that way this morning, several of those wild fires are out of control. "today in the bay's" derricks shore live in san -- derek shore, live in san jose, strike teams rolling out this morning, good morning. >> reporter: that's right, cal fire cannot keep up with all the fires burning around the state and they're asking for local support and some of the local bay area teams have stepped up and have been deployed to some of the fire lines. look at some new foes we got from space that shows some of those massive fires burning in those smoke columns. right across the state, from santa clara county strike team left yesterday afternoon and will be staging until they get their assignment. then will head out to try to put the fires down. there are about 14 fires burning in northern california and central california. the eiler fire is burning right now in shasta county and

quadrupled in size over the weekend. it destroyed eight homes prompting evacuation twhabs includes a small long-term hospital near the town of bernie. more evacuations are possible and the fire is not under control. firefighters from alameda fire have also joined in the fight. governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency which could open the door for federal funding. that's the latest here from san jose, derek shore, "today in the bay." >> derek, thank you. man accused of crashing a van is expected in court this morning. 25-year-old anthony wiser is charged with a ten felonies. police say wiser tried to escape a traffic stop last monday night in the tenderloin neighborhood. he allegedly crashed the stolen van into a taxi injuring a bicyclist and pedestrian. he received marijuana injuries and was eventually arrested. turning to the developing story in the middle east where a

seven hour cease-fire is now in effect. its opened a window for humanitarian aid. hamas says it's skeptical that's hold. meantime israel says they've pulled most of the ground troops out of gaza after destroying most of the militant tunnels found beneath the border. they launched the operation on july 8th after weeks of heavy rocket fire from gaza. it isn't in ground forces nine days later to destroy the tunnels it says were used by hamas to carry out attacks. in the bay area, supporters will hold a rally and march today. the attorney general for israel will speak. that rally starts at noon at civic center plaza in san francisco. israel has spied on secretary of state john kerry while he was in the middle east in the spring trying to broker a different peace deal. according to the international business times, israeli spies intercepted kerry's phone calls, listened to his conversations back in april. the sources say the israeli

government then used that information in its negotiations. it's 5:34 we do continue to follow breaking news. happening in san francisco, hazmat crews are on the scene of a beached boat sneer the cliff house -- near the cliff house. it spilled fuel and they're working to clean it up. we don't know if there were people on board or how long the boat has been beached. our live crew has arrived at the scene. they're talking to officials right now, gathering information, we'll have a live report as soon as they get it. tough times throughout, we have wind, storms -- throughout, we have wind, storms ---out there, we have wind, storms, rain. >> interesting morning, setting up more so later today into early tomorrow. brings more moisture to the bay yay, and possibly brings showers and thundershowers which could have locally strong wind gusts and downpours. weather pattern, very unusual to talk about summer showers in normally one of the driest times

of the year. we'll see clouds coming in times today, increased humidity, increased showers late today and into tomorrow. especially during the day on tuesday in the north bay. and any rain we could manage to get, unusual for august. and it looks like the bullseye for the best chances of rain accumulation appears to be out towards the sierra, but perhaps in parts of the north bay during tonight into early tomorrow. you can see the totals, record breakers. again a chance of seeing rare august rain in the forecast. temperatures today, should be climbing into the near 80 degree range for san jose, increasing clouds. slight chance of showers there around morgan hill, slight chance of a thundershower too. san francisco cool and breezy. highs in the upper 60s into santa rosa. temperatures there mid-70s, only low 80s around the tri-valley and at least two days of this interesting tropical weather and then skies clear and the temperatures begin to climb for the second half of the week. for now the weather not getting in the way of the morning commute except for maybe some low clouds and fog on the coast.

>> people are warned then. also getting in the way, the other people who are getting in the way. across the bay bridge, nothing unusual about the pattern. cash lanes backing up, fast track not. getting into the cities and the golden gate bridges, moving nicely across from the norts bay. you can see the lights across the span. the issue is from the peninsula. daly city getting up into san francisco. we have a delay because of some bart system delays off the daly city station. reports of about 10 to 20 minute delays. this so this is heading over to the east bay as we delay right now. rescue alliance reporting on time this morning. and that's better than the 30 minutes reported a little while ago. some sort of equipment problems still going on for the bart line. that'll be an issue. no delays from bart to sfo. still warning you about that. be prepared for an aftereffect. that is the transit.

the rest of the drive looking nice as well. 880, either side of the bay or the dumbarton bridge. 101 shows a little blip. burst of traffic. typical for now heading towards 101 and 880. the earlier crash heads clear from the interchange, it has cleared from the roadway. back to you. >> mike, thank you, much. part of the peggenburger road will be cloesd this morning through friday. putting the final touches at the oakland international airport. it operates between the airport and coliseum bart stations. that connecter is expected to be ready for before thaipgs. it's about eight minutes faster than the current bus ride. and cost twice as much. six bucks compared to the current three. for the first time 49 lers hit the road today. today's practice session is from noon to 4:00. team allowing up to 10,000 fans to come into the stadium to watch, but bad news for those hoping to attend. they were already raffled a up.

there will be two more open practices at the stadium however before the season starts. 5:38, american with ebola is coming to the u.s. more in a live report. plus murky water leads to no drinking policy for hundreds of thousands of people in the midwest. we'll have new details on the water crisis coming up. plus new developments in southern california. almost a week later, a broken pipe finally fixed. we'll have all the details, next. nbc bay area wants to help local nonprofits build stronger communities. that's why we're launch 21st century solutions. our annual grant challenge for new and innovative programs to earn up to $50,000. visit nbcbayarea.com to apply.

new this morning, up to 250 people are missing and feared dead following a ferry accident in bangladesh. the ferry capsized this morning as it was crossing a river in the central part of the country. police in the area said some of the passengers would have been able to swim to safety, but it's

likely many were feared trapped or drowned. it's still unclear what actually caused thor in troy go down. china says at least 380 people were killed and more than 1800 injured when a strong earthquake rattled the southern part of the country. the chinese news agency says about 12,000 homes collapsed. in a densely populated county in the mountains. 2500 troops were dispatched to that area and have been going through neighborhoods looking for survivors. the usgs says the quake was a magnitude 6.1. it struck about six miles below the surface. people in toledo, ohio reason with being told not to drink tap water after a toxin was found in the water supply over the weekend. officials in toledo issued the warning early saturday. tests revealed the presence of the toxin probably from algae on lake eerie. two days later. more testing still needs to be done. the state's trucking in water and other supplies for 400,000 people until the water is deemed safe. it is 5:42, this morning,

bulldozers pushed tons of mud off the road where children were trapped at a church camp in southern california. 500 kids and adult hd to spend the night at forest homes. it's a church camp in forest falls near big bear lake. it all happened because of mudslide blocked roads in and out of the camp. they were the result of summer thunderstorms that dumped up to four inches of rain in just one hour in some parts of southern california. one person died when debris swept the car in the road into the a creek. crews rescued five people in the mountains. and they're searching for others who still need help. talk about fast downpour that happened. >> we saw a video that somebody very close to that. do not underestimate how much force water and mud have. stay away from it. >> and you can never tell how deep the water it. three to four inches of rain come down in a short period of time of time there, it's interesting that exact same weather system is going to bring a chance of seeing showers here in the bay area.

right now, lifting out of southern california. parking over lake tahoe later on this afternoon. and that's going to add to the mugginess around the bay area today and bring us the chance of seeing these showers kind of drifting from east to west across the bay area. especially late today on into tomorrow. and this is very unusual to say the least. late july into august. driest months of the year. that's the exception to the rule. what we're seeing right now in terms of the extra monsoon moisture. that'll bring us a chance of measurable rainfall for the next couple of days. right now, it's the typical start to what you'd expect. low clouds and drizzle around san francisco and the coast. increasing around san jose. and the system we're watching now on the radar showing up pretty well there in the central sierra. moisture right now running from north to south down the central valley, but that should begin to drift further west during the day today. most of the showers off to the east of stockton and sacramento and maybe a brief sprinkle or two early this morning. so as the clouds continue to

increase, moisture increases instability also increases with the heating of the day. this will bring us the chance of scattered showers and thund thundershowe thundershowers. north bay hills, east bay hills, areas closer to where that area of low pressure will be spinning into northeastern california. and the accumulating rainfall totals right now, computer models still pinpointing the north bay and the sierra that could pick up an inch or two of rain. for the bay area, some of the heavier downpours maybe close to a fifth inch of rain around the north bay. especially into tuesday, then wednesday, skies clear, and things dry out and temperatures will climb up as you see there on the seven day forecast. today, 80 degrees in san jose. san jose and san francisco will have the chance of scattered showers before skies clear and temperatures decline for the second half of the week. we'll check out the north bay and tri-valley. 20u7 mid-80s today. humid at times. pleasanton, not only looking at the showers, but temperatures staying below average, then

we'll see the warmer temperatures returning to the tri-valley with low 90s coming up wednesday, thursday, friday. so far now, relatively dry out there on the roadways, but if we get any brief downpours given how dry things have been, expect the oil and water to not be a good mix. that's right. we try to give that warning, it's going to bring the oil and grease back up. slippery situation. right now the situation is we're watching further activity because of a fire on the roadside. one set of lights remains there. onramp looks like it's moving smoothly. off-ramp, reported closed, this is westbound 80. we'll talk about the work around if you have to get through and if university is your off-ramp, we see more activity at the off-ramp before you get here. looking over here to the bay bridge toll plaza. big back-up for the cash lanes. we should be seeing metering liergts turned on any second right now. let's look at the map, if you have to use university avenue where it's slowing. the off-ramp, you'll go back and on the west bend of the freeway, there's a road we'll take you

right back up without having to get back on the east shore freeway. we do see slowings through the area. again roadside fire had the off-ramp closed. that's the only issue. daly city, bart station reporting 10 to 15 minutes of delays coming out of there. also sfo. out of daly city in both directions, equipment problems. rest of the bay moving smoothly. no major problems for the tri-valley. back to you. >> thank you very much. now to the latest on the ebola outbreak and two americans fight nag deadly disease -- fighting that deadly disease. one is back in the u.s., the second is expected to arrive in the next couple of days. "today in the bay's" jay gray outside emory hospital where the patients will be treated, good morning, jeff. >> reporter: hey good morning, laura. and we can update that just a bit. nbc news confirmed the second american who will be treated here, nancy wright will arrive early tomorrow morning. if everything goes as planned with her flight. but the specialized private jet

with the isolation pod is in africa and preparing to bring her back. she will share an isolation unit here at emory hospital with the doctor, his treatment continuing around the clock. today, samaritan's purse, the organization that funded his medical mission in africa says treatment actually began for him while he was still in quarantine there. he received an experimental serum, right now it seems to be working. specialists say that he is showing improvement. a hope that that will continue, but they also stress this is a lethal virus. and the next few days for both of the patients, it will likely be very critical. now this specialized unit at emory hospital, it was created 12 years ago to help take care of doctors who might get sick or infected while working at the centers for disease control here in atlanta. they say that they've been preparing for an ebola case for over a decade. and me are saying this might be

the best place in the world for these american missionaries to be treated. back to you, laura. >> i wonder how long they'll be there. like how long the treatment would actually last. >> reporter: it's a great question, and we posed it to some of those, not the doctors attending dr. brandtly, but others, they can't tell because this is the first time they've ever done it. they don't know how long it'll take for the immune systems is of these americans to get back to the state where they feel like they're okay and safe to come out there. obviously there's no cure at this point for ebola. so they've got to play each case as it delivered. and just work through it as best they can. they're not going to take any chances. they'll stay here as long as necessary. that's for sure. >> no doubt. exactly. thank you, jay gray. new morning, historic sunset boulevard near ucla is back open days after a massive water main break flood the area and caused a serious sink hole. parts of the boulevard were

closed since the pipe burst. so the crews can refix and repave. about 20 million gallons of water gushed on to the road and on to the campus damaging the new hardwood floor and underground parking garage. 400 cars were damaged. popular lake in tuolumne county closed after a dam sprung a leak. >> what i thought was dynamite going off down the canyon. i looked out at the rock and saw a poof of what i thought was steam at first, but realized it was dust. >> the dam is partially made of a large granite rock. the rock actually cracked in four places causing them. the water officials don't think the dam will fail but they are releasing the water from the lake to bring the water down below the crack as a precautionary measure. 5:50, new indication we could see outdoor hockey. we'll tell you about it, coming up. you used to sleep like a champ.

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at 5:53, we are breaking news to tell you about in san francisco this morning. hazmat crews are near the cliff house where a boat beach itself on rocks and it's now spilling fuel. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us life in san francisco. how's the clean up going out there? >> reporter: good morning, laura. you know the clean up hasn't started. that's now take an back seat. right now the coast guard and the firefighters are looking for a person. what we understand is around 3:35 this morning, the coast guard getting a call that one man on a small fishing boat made a call to another person on a boat here by the cliff house in san francisco saying he was in digs stress, he was going to jump ship. right now, we're actually now what, two and a half hours

later. they have not found anyone. there are two rescue boats searching the water. what you're look at is the lights of a truck as well as a red light in the water. that is where the small fishing boat is. there's a helicopter, two rescue boats in the water still looking for one man. right now, firefighters saying that the surf is just too tough. the boat being about ten yards in. it's only about a few feet deep, but the waves are going up and down very harshly. and so they are not willing to spend people in right away. they did get one swimmer in to check that boat. no one was on board. so that is the focus right now. they're hoping that as it gets lighter out here, they'll have better luck and more details coming up in just a little bit, back to you. >> and you're relatively close to the cliff house i understand? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, we're just south of the cliff house. original the call came from in from around the cliff house. by the time crews got here, the boat washed down the coastline here where there is a little bit of debris.

and actually about that fuel spill, there's some diesel because its been so dark, they don't know how much has spilled. they'll have to assess that when they get here, laura. >> all right, thanks, steph. meanwhile general motors started accepting claims to pay victims of crashes caused by faulty ignition switches. five month filing period started on friday. gm already absorbed $400 million charge to cover the potential payments for the fund. gm has recalled two and a half million vehicles worldwide due to ignition switches and admitted it knew about the issue for more than a decade and more than a dozen people have died. the u.s. government is reportedly close to deciding that using cell phones on planes should still be banned. the department of transportation expected to propose rules in december and let the public comment until making a final decision in february. regulators are focussed on, more on disruptive phone calls, how

they'll be disruptive on planes. you are able to use them to play games and what not, but not to talk. well pro-football, college football, high school football now soccer, there's a lot in store for levi's stadium this year. may be able to add hockey. >> over the weekend, a yahoo sports blogger caught this posting on ticket master. people can purchase tickets for the nhl stadium series between l.a. kings and san jose sharks at levi stadium. now according to the post, the game would take place on february 21st. ticket master pulled that listing about three hours after it was posted. it's not an official announcement from the league, but admitted the team is interested in an outdoor game. in june was reported officials of both at&t park and levi stadium were talking to the sharks about the possibility of outdoor hockey. 5:56 on a monday morning, let's get out the door. >> all right.

over here towards the south bay. traffic was bursting up, now its calmed down. we have the burst from 680 up to 880. that's the first one you see. also unusual slowing south 880. the rest of the bay moving smoothly, but you have tone 20 -- 10 to 20 minute delay. the metering liergts just turned on. cash lane's a little bit lighter, back to you. >> thanks so much. we're watching breaking news as rescue crews scour the waters near the cliff house in san francisco looking for a missing boater. we have a live update, next. plus local firefighters heading up to the front lines, measure a dozen wild fires are burning across the state. we'll have the latest on the firefighting efforts coming up.

breaking news. abandoned ship. a boat breaks apart before slamming into the shore. a man is missing, and now there's concern about fuel spilling into the ocean.

plus a call to action. bay area crews now on the fire lines as wild fires burn out of control. and lightning strikes could be a problem later today in the sierra and bay area with increasing clouds. and increasing chance for clouds to turn to scattered showers. they're moving away from the sierra. we'll have a look in the forecast coming up. a lot of folks moving towards the city. this is the bay bridge. metering lights are on. we have an issue from the peninsula. delays on the bart system as well. we'll give you the latest, coming up. and a live look outside this morning over the south bay. cloud cover, it is monday, august 4th, also president obama's birthday. so let him eat some cake. this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." very good morning to you, thanks for joining us, i'm lawrie la garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott m